Marches this month deserve to take Pride of place
SOMETIMES nothing really beats curling up on the sofa and watching a Sunday night drama on the BBC.
The evening slot is usually reserved for something warm and fuzzy like Call the Midwife or a period drama where the corsets are tighter than the plot lines.
This week, though, was the finale of A Very English Scandal, based on the true story of Liberal MP Jeremy Thorpe and his attempts to hide a homosexual affair.
It’s topical because tomorrow the Scottish Parliament will pardon and apologise again to all the men convicted of the crime of loving or just having sex with another man, removing those convictions from their records.
It’s a big moment – but not the final piece in the jigsaw by any stretch of the imagination.
For LGBT people to be truly included, we need the same acceptance in every corner and community of the land.
Today, 40 per cent of the young people who present as homeless at Edinburgh’s Rock Trust do so because they wrongly thought it would be OK to come out to their parents.
And, around the world, the Britain of the 60s is the Uganda, Libya, Somalia and Malawi of today.
To be who you are and live your life freely is a human right. June marks the start of Pride Month, where LGBT people and their allies will march across Scotland’s towns and cities.
We should continue to demand action across the globe and stand strong against any hint of complacency at home.